TAFT, WILLIAM H. Typed letter signed ("Wm. H. Taft"), one page, on personal letterhead, New Haven, Connecticut, December 22, 1914. Taft responds to Edith R. Batt, graduate of Wellesley College, congratulating her and the friends of Wellesley and her alumni on the work done to rebuild the campus after a fire on March 17, 1914, and apologizing for being unable to attend a luncheon in their honor. Together with original mailing envelope.